Child & Family Law

Feeling uncertain about your rights and obligations when divorcing?
Having family related problems?

The Family law team at Shepstone & Wylie Attorneys have specialised knowledge in divorce and all matrimonial and family law related matters, including:

Ante-nuptial and post-nuptial contracts

Contested / uncontested divorce and division of assets

Divorce

Divorce mediation

Litigation

Maintenance advice and applications

Damages claims, particularly those relating to adultery

Children’s rights

Custody/care and access/contact matters

International Child Abduction

Parental rights and responsibilities

Parental rights and responsibilities agreements

Drafting of Parental Plans

Section 21 applications and father’s rights

Surrogacy applications and Adoption Law

Fostering

Reproductive Law

Curatorship

Abduction of children and Hague Convention matters

Civil Unions

Universal Partnerships

Domestic Partnerships

Interdicts including those relating to the Domestic Violence Act

Estelle de Wet specialises in divorce and all aspects of Child & Family Law. She also advises clients on matters relating to the civil aspects of the International Child Abduction Act. She has dealt with several high profile and litigious matters and is well known in the legal fraternity for her experience in this field.

Candice Eve-Friis also specializes in divorce and deals with all aspects of Child & family Law. She has been trained as a mediator and is a member of SAAM, the South African Association of Accredited Mediators. Mediation is an alternative dispute resolution that has become mandatory in family-related matters in the KwaZulu-Natal division of the High Court of the Republic of South Africa.